by DesignerLynne | May 25, 2012 | Casting On, Knitting, Techniques, Video
Knitted Cast On In this third video in the Beginners Guide to Knitting series, I would like to show you a method of casting on that I really don’t like and seldom use. Why on earth would I want to show you how to cast on using a method that isn’t very useful? The...
by DesignerLynne | May 17, 2012 | Casting On, Knitting, Techniques, Video
Cable Cast On In this second video tutorial in the Beginners Guide to Knitting Series, I will show you one of the most popular methods for casting on, called the cable cast on. It’s called cable simply due to the neatly twisted cable appearance that is both...
by David | Apr 6, 2012 | Animals, Caring For Animals, Things Llama, Video
Digging through our photographic archive, I found this short video clip and thought it would make a nice little camelid cameo. Although Llamas in the Raw is not a registered charity, several of our llamas are rescued animals, adopted or collected from people who no...
by David | Mar 12, 2012 | Fibre Picker, Picking, Techniques, Tools of the Trade, Uncategorized, Video
And along comes the next instalment of the fibre processing video series – Picking the Fibre In my last post, I showed the first dry processing stage, using the fibre tumbler to shake the loose sand and grit out of the fleece. There’s still plenty more grunge to be...
by DesignerLynne | Feb 7, 2012 | Indian Head Spinning Wheel, Long Draw Spinning, Spinning Wheel, Techniques, Tools of the Trade, Video
Today I’m spinning a very chunky, thick-and-thin art yarn, using long draw technique. It’s a beautiful sunny winter’s day, so I’ve dragged onto the porch, the old Indian Head spinning wheel. This Indian head spinning wheel is mounted on a cast...
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